Actually, the journey began ages ago. In my early – mid 20’s. I was a recreational runner. Only entered runs for the fun of it and never for time. With every race, I’d wing it.

The real race started in late 2017. Being in my early 30’s, my life seemed like it was going nowhere. Actually, it was going nowhere. Even now, if you were to ask me where I’d be 6 months from now, realistically, I’d still be where I am typing this blog post. So I needed a distraction from life and it’s possibilities and what better way to stay distracted than to set a goal and work hard and consistently towards achieving it?!

That goal was to train and run a half marathon.

I prepared myself both mentally and physically for the start of my serious running journey. I had seen the physio to help resolve my L5 S1 disc irritation on my lower back, saw a sports podiatrist who put me in customs orthotics and a couple of pairs of runners and performed a Running Biomechanics Analysis/Assessment. I got a running coach to help me with all facets of my training. I also started an Instagram account to help me literally get out of my shell and to immerse myself with people who have a passion for running. I needed to get out of my comfort zone and experience first hand the joys of what it could possibly feel like to achieve something for once.

So with 2 half marathons already under my belt, this is a continuation of my running journey that’ll see me run a sub 2 half marathon this year and hopefully run a marathon within the next couple of years.

This is also my personal journey of what happens outside of my running. The highs and lows, the challenges and miscellaneous ramblings. Not quite a platform. More so a space for me to share (with brutal honesty) my life from here on in.